Have you ever seen the Hollywood motion picture "The Bridges At Toko-Ri?" For Dale Berven, he was there first hand without the Hollywood special effects. About 25 years ago, he had his 8mm films ...
Have you ever seen the Hollywood motion picture "The Bridges At Toko-Ri?" For Dale Berven, he was there first hand without the Hollywood special effects. About 25 years ago, he had his 8mm films transfered to VHS tape. I offered to have them digitized when they surfaced again and here they are.
Hornet CVA-12 is the namesake of Hornet CV-8 that launched the Doolittle Raiders. CV-8 was lost in action on October 27 1942.
CVA-12 was also the prime recovery vessel for NASA's first two crews to walk on the moon.
More information on the Hornet Museum located in San Francisco Bay at the former Alameda Naval Air Station can be found on their web site at: http://www.uss-hornet.org
If you enjoy these videos, you might want to check out the book "Panthers Over Korea" by George Schnitzer. The book was recently published in October of 2007 and I really enjoyed it! The book has good descriptions about the men, aircraft, missions, terminology, and signals.
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That is an awsome video... I was also on the Yorktown CV-10 in Charleston, SC. I was able to get in the cockpit of a F9F Panther in the Yorktown's hanger deck. I gotta say the layout of the aircraft was fairly good.
Thanks for that great piece of history. And thank you for your part in serving the country. I was born in 1954, about the time you shot much of that footage. Larry
My dad was in the USAF photo-reconnaissance during the war, although he got shipped elsewhere after his job was automated. This video is a treasure, thanks for posting.
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Great Video. Brought back a lot of memories!!
Thanks for Sharing
Ron Thomas-
USS Oriskany CVA-34-1969-1972